Connect Slack to Claude Code

• Catch you up

  Ask what you missed and Claude Code reads your unread Slack chats, then gives you the short version: who needs an answer, what was decided, what can wait.

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• Find any message

  The address someone sent last month, the price a client agreed to, the link from a group chat. Claude Code searches your Slack history and quotes the message.

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• Draft replies

  Claude Code writes the reply in your tone, in the chat's language, with the context of the whole thread. You read it, edit it, and send it.

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• Send with your OK

  When you approve a draft, ConnectChats sends it from your own Slack account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.

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  Summarize the Slack channels I missed this morning.

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  What did the team decide about the launch date on Slack?

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  List every Slack message that is waiting on me.

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  Find the Slack thread where we discussed the pricing change.

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  Draft a reply in Slack confirming I'll send the report by Thursday.

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   Add ConnectChats to Claude Code

   • In your terminal, run: claude mcp add --transport http --scope user connectchats https://api.connectchats.com/mcp
   • Start Claude Code and type /mcp.
   • Select connectchats and choose to authenticate. Your browser opens the ConnectChats sign-in page. Sign in with your passkey.
   • Ask Claude Code about your messages, for example to summarize a group chat.
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   Link your Slack account

   • Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Slack.
   • Sign in to your Slack workspace with your own Slack account.
   • ConnectChats lists your channels and direct messages, and you choose which ones to share with your AI app.
   • To add another workspace, repeat the sign-in for it.
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   Pick the chats Claude Code can see

   Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Claude Code never sees the rest.

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   Ask Claude Code about your Slack

   Open a new conversation in Claude Code and ask about your chats. Claude Code calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.

• Slack in ConnectChats

  Direct messages, group messages and the channels you belong to are supported, including thread replies. Each linked chat starts with its last 200 messages, then every new message arrives as it is sent. On Slack's free plan, Slack only shows the last 90 days of messages, so older ones cannot be imported either. Messages your AI app sends go out from your own Slack account, after you approve them. The free plan links 2 chat apps and keeps messages for 30 days.

• ConnectChats in Claude Code

  Claude Code adds remote MCP servers with one command. Add ConnectChats, sign in once with your passkey, and you can ask Claude Code about your chats without leaving the terminal. The --scope user option makes ConnectChats available in every project. Leave it out to add it to the current project only. Claude Code needs a Claude Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan, or an Anthropic Console account. Tokens refresh on their own. To sign out, open /mcp and choose Clear authentication, or run claude mcp logout connectchats. Sign in once in an interactive session. Scripts and headless runs reuse the saved sign-in but cannot complete it.

• You pick the chats

  Claude Code only sees the Slack chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.

• Drafts by default

  Claude Code prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches Slack, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.

• Stored messages are encrypted

  Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.

How we protect your messages